Garment hanger



W. T. FANNING May 8, 1951 GARMENT HANGER 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed March 25, 1948 M,MM

W. T. FANNING GARMENT HANGER May 8,1951

2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed March 25, 1948 m umwwh FL Fan/2mg Patented May 8, 1951 UNITED STATES er NT OFFICE GARMENT HANGER William T. Fanning, Brentwood, Md.

Application March 25, 1948, Serial No. 16,981

1 Claim. l

' The present invention provides certain improvements in garment hangers for articles of clothing wherein a plurality of garments may be hung on a single hanger assembly.

Thus, one object of the present invention is to provide a combined coat hanger and trouser stretcher of simple construction, the coat hanger and trouser stretcher being assembled on a common mounting and provided with common suspensory means thereby forming an integral assembly comprising the plurality of hanger means.

A further object of the invention is to provide a combined hanger assembly of the above-indicated character wherein the trouser stretcher is replaced by a skirt hanger, the remaining portion of the assembly being as indicated above.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a garment hanger assembly comprising a plurality of hanger units having a common mounting and common suspending means, wherein selected units may be rotated or otherwise manipulated into a non-interfering position relative to other hanger units of the assembly.

Further objects and advantages of the present construction will become apparent as the description proceeds, and the features of novelty will be pointed out in particularity in the appended claim.

The invention will be understood more readily by reference to the accompanyin drawings, in which:

Fig. 1 is a front elevation of one illustrative embodiment of a hanger assembly including the improved features of the present invention,the view indicating a pair of trousers hung on trouserstretching instrumentalities of the invention with coat hanger means shown as being free.

Fig. 2 is an end view of the assembly shown in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged front elevation of the improved coat hanger and trouser stretcher assembly shown in Figs. 1 and 2 and embodying improved features of the present construction.

Fig. 4 is an end view of the hanger assembly of Fig. 3, the view indicating different positions of adjustment of certain of the elements shown in Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is a transverse vertical elevation through the assembly of Fig. 3, the view being taken on the line 55 of Fig. 3, looking in the direction of the arrows.

Fig. 6 is a front elevation of a modified form of hanger assembly, adapted to serve as a combined coat and skirt hanger and embracing the features of novelty of the present invention.

Fig. 7 is an end view of the assembly of Fig. 6, the view indicating positions of adjustment of the coat hanger element relative to the skirt hanger.

Fig. 8 is a fragmentary sectional plan view on the line 8-8 of Fig. 6, looking in the direction of the arrows.

Fig. 9 is a view similar to Fig. 8, but taken on the line 99 of Fig. 6, looking in the direction of the arrows.

Fig. 10 is a transverse sectional elevation through the hanger assembly of Fig. 6, the view being taken on the line Ill|l of Fig. 6, looking in the direction of the arrows.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, and first to the form of device shown in Figs. 1 through 5, the invention shown in this form includes a pair of trouser hangers l and 2, each formed or a wire of suitable guage for rigidity, and suitably bent so that the end portions 3 and 4 are under tension for stretching the legs 5 and 6 of a pair of trousers hung on the hanger elements. These elements I and 2 are mounted in side by side parallel relation in a mounting member I, which desirably is composed of a molded thermoplastic resinous material, the hanger elements I and 2 being restrained in the mounting member] against longitudinal displacement by a pair of spur darts or a slight enlargement 8 adapted to rotate in a channel formed thereby as shown in Fig. 5 in connection with suspension hook I. The hanger l and 2 are relatively rotatable in this mounting memher, a indicated by Figs. 2 and 4 to enable application of a pair of trousers to these hanger elements. The tension of the hanger wire retains the trousers in stretched relation, preserving the shape and crease thereof, the ends of the hanger wires being encased in end abutment elements 9 for protecting the fabric of the trousers from becoming torn by the ends of the wires.

Positioned above the trouser hangers l and 2 and intermediate the same, is the coat hanger element I0, which also is retained in the plastic mounting member I, and which is bent so that the ends are under tension for retaining a coat or the like supported or hung thereon. The wire element H) has, in the present instance, plastic end tip members H and I2 securely mounted thereon, and is mounted for rotation in the plastic mounting member I. Said suspension hook i is rotatably mounted in the mounting member 7, and is held against separation therefrom by the spur darts or enlargement 8. The respective hanger rotatable elements I, 2 and 10 extend equal distances on both sides of the 3 mounting member I so that the hanger assembly is symmetrically disposed with respect to this mounting member and which elements are held against longitudinal movement similar to hook l as shown at 8 in Fig. 5. In Fig. 3, the coat hanger element H3 is longer than the trouser hangers I and 2, since a coat normally is substantially wider than the trouser legs 5 and 6, the resiliency of the tensioned hanger elements maintaining the garments stretched into shape when positioned thereon.

The modified hanger assembly of Figs. 6 through 10 is a form suitable for coats and skirts, the lower skirt hanger element 13 being bent so as to be under tension, being rigidly mounted in the mounting element [4, which is composed of molded plastic material, similar to mounting 1, the hanger element I3 is being tipped, in the present instance, with notched plastic tips l5 and I6, and having a central loop I1 embedded in the mountin element l4 for preventing relative displacement between said hanger element l3 and the mounting element I4.

The coat hanger element I8 also is bent so as to be under tension, and is tipped with plastic tips l9 and 20, said element 18 being secured in the mounting element I 4 against longitudinal displacement by'darts or enlargement 8, as shown in Fig. 5, while being rotatable around its longitudinal axis for facilitating application of a skirt to-the hanger I3.

The. notches 2| and 22 in-the end tips l5 and I6 of said skirt hanger l3 receive a skirt therein for inhibiting the skirt slipping from the hanger. The end portions 23 and 24 of the skirt hanger are formedwith reverse bends 25 and 26 in the hanger element l3 for increasin the tension and resiliency in said element for more positively retaining in place on the hanger a skirt mounted thereon and without damage thereto. A suspension hook 21 similar to hook 7" and similarly retained by darts or enlargement 8 against displacement is mounted in the mounting block [4 constructed of plastic or other suitable material.

The end portions 3 and 4 of the trouser hangers l and,2 are provided with reverse bends 28 and 29, similar to bends 25 and 26, for permitting compression of the ends of said hanger elements incidentally to hanging a pair of trousers thereon while positively holding the. trousers against accidental slippage while they are on the hanger.

The embodiments specifically illustrated and 4 described herein represent typically representative embodiments of the invention in which a plurality of hanger elements are mounted in a plastic mountin member to form an assembly in which the hanger elements are formed under tension and selected elements are mounted so that they can be rotated to afford uninterrupted access to adjacent hanger elements at all times, so that the tensioned hanger elements will continuously maintain the garments in shaped and stretched position; while the illustrated embodiments of the invention are typically representative of the features of the invention it will be understood that they are illustrative and exemplary only and details thereof may be varied without departing from the inventive concept, and accordingly it will be understood that it is intended and desired to embrace within the scope of the invention such modifications and changes as may be necessary to adapt it to such varying conditions and uses, as are defined by the appended claim.

What is claimed is:

A garment hanger structure comprising a centrally disposed hanger block, wire hanger means mounted in the block and extending equi-distant on opposite sides thereof, said wire means havingv opposite angular garment engagin portions and so formed that said portions will constitute tensioning means when ingarment supporting position, an additional wire garment hanger means,

having garment engaging portions, rotatably mounted in said block spaced above said first mentioned hanger means, said spaced hanger means being formed in a manner such that rotation thereof moves the garment engaging portions into elevated position with respect to its mounting and in ofi-set' position with respect to said first mentioned hanger means, and suspension means for said block.

WILLIAM T. FANNING.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are ofrecord in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS.

Number Name Date 301,356 Ginn July 1,1884 1,830,979 Borges Nov. 10, 1931 2,215,769 Shannon Sept. 24", 1940 

